Twenty-third Psalm

Cultural  

1. The best known of the Psalms of the Old Testament, often read at funerals as a profession of faith in God's protection:

   The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

   He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;

   He leadeth me beside the still waters.

   He restoreth my soul;

   He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

   Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

   I will fear no evil;

   For thou art with me;

   Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

   Thou preparest a table for me in the presence of mine enemies;

   Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

   Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:

   And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

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Example Sentences

In a tavern in Fulkeston, Tristran gained great renown by reciting from memory Coleridge's "Kubla Khan," the Twenty-Third Psalm, the "Quality of Mercy" speech from The Merchant of Venice, and a poem about a boy who stood on the burning deck where all but he had fled, each of which he had been obliged to commit to memory in his school days.

From Literature

While the congregation recited the Twenty-third Psalm—“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for thou art with me...”

From Literature

As the preacher finished the Twenty-third Psalm, he looked at Grandpa with a question mark on his face.

From Literature

Of course, Henry meant the “He” of the twenty-third psalm and of the gospels and of all the pastor’s sermons.

From Literature

“I happened to be thinking of the Twenty-third Psalm just as you said that.”

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